Two Apologies: One for Christianity, in a Series of Letters Addressed to Edward Gibbon : the Other for the Bible, in Answer to Thomas Paine : to which are Added Two Sermons and a Charge in Defence of Revealed ReligionScatcherd and Letterman, 1820 - 470 pages |
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... matter to shew , that their zeal in attesting what they were certainly competent to judge of , could not proceed from any alluring prospect of worldly interest or ambition , or from any other probable motive than a love of truth . But ...
... matter to shew , that their zeal in attesting what they were certainly competent to judge of , could not proceed from any alluring prospect of worldly interest or ambition , or from any other probable motive than a love of truth . But ...
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... matter of fact , than the testimony of the senses themselves . It hap- pens however , in the present case , that we are under no necessity of either rejecting the Jewish Scriptures , or of admitting such an absurd posi- tion ; for the ...
... matter of fact , than the testimony of the senses themselves . It hap- pens however , in the present case , that we are under no necessity of either rejecting the Jewish Scriptures , or of admitting such an absurd posi- tion ; for the ...
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... matters of indifference to the prejudices of their weaker brethren . But he who changes his conduct with a change of sentiments , proceeding from an in- crease of knowledge ... matter of the last importance AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY . 23.
... matters of indifference to the prejudices of their weaker brethren . But he who changes his conduct with a change of sentiments , proceeding from an in- crease of knowledge ... matter of the last importance AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY . 23.
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... matter of the last importance endeavours to conciliate the good - will of all , by conforming in a few innocent observances to the particular persuasions of different men . One remark more , and I have done . In your account of the ...
... matter of the last importance endeavours to conciliate the good - will of all , by conforming in a few innocent observances to the particular persuasions of different men . One remark more , and I have done . In your account of the ...
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... matter of great importance : how is this to be reconciled ? Perhaps , in the following manner : When the time of our Saviour's ministry was nearly at an end , he thought proper to raise 7 AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY . 39.
... matter of great importance : how is this to be reconciled ? Perhaps , in the following manner : When the time of our Saviour's ministry was nearly at an end , he thought proper to raise 7 AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY . 39.
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Page 28 - For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Page 74 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 230 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 211 - And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
Page 210 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods...
Page 87 - And he opened the bottomless pit ; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace ; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 306 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Page 354 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 245 - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Page 31 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.